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  Meta’s Bond Sale Shows New Reality for Tech Debt The Meta Platforms Inc. headquarters in Menlo Park, California. Photographer: Benjamin Fanjoy/Bloomberg Save Translate 13:34 Takeaways by Bloomberg AI Selling billions of dollars of corporate bonds on Election Day seemed like a real gamble. But to Meta Platforms Inc. , waiting seemed like an even bigger one. The Facebook parent aimed to sell $25 billion of bonds this quarter, and took the unusual step of launching the offering on Tuesday Nov. 3, as US voters went to the polls. Breaking with convention may have been the right move, however, as a sweeping victory by Democrats in the midterms now threatens to make financing artificial intelligence investment more difficult and expensive. The fear is that a Democratic majority in Congress will slow the pace of AI development, cutting into cash flow for companies expecting their data center projects to generate income. US equities dropped on Thursday, and risk premiums on tech bonds cli...
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  Bertille Bayart: “Is It Too Late for Europe to Raise the Drawbridge Against China?” Arcfox vehicles on display at the first Chinese motor show in Argentina. Alessia Maccioni / REUTERS The October 9 agreement between the EU and Beijing is not the final word on the matter. It is ironic. Cruel, in fact. Just as Europeans finally seem to be organizing to stem the Chinese offensive on their car market, the Paris Motor Show, held October 12 to 18 in Paris, painted a different picture. Chinese manufacturers, with 25 brands compared to nine just two years ago, occupied a third of the exhibition stands. Is it too late to raise the drawbridge? In Beijing on October 9, European Trade Commissioner for Trade Maros Sefcovic concluded an agreement with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng. Under this truce — in which the car industry serves as China’s guarantee — the European Union will cap its hybrid car imports at 350,000 units per year. That is more than in 2025 (300,000) but far less than in 2026...
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Listen Share Print Translate Article Settings Increase font size Decrease font size E-Mail Alerts & Support E-Mail Alerts Contact Us Feedback Back­lash from voters may finally bring the AI party to an end Financial Times UK Katie Mar­tin katie.mar­tin@ft.com 7 Nov 2026 Settings Print Share Copy Listen This is get­ting faintly ridicu­lous now. Yet again, tech stocks were hit hard this week — the third recent shakeout. They might have seen a mod­est sta­bil­isa­tion yes­ter­day but this tur­bu­lence feels more wor­ri­some than pre­vi­ous out­breaks of nerves. Once more, but this time with feel­ing, investors are ask­ing: “Is this the big one? Is the AI bubble finally burst­ing?” I don’t claim to know the answer. Ask me again in a week or so, and we will know if this wobble deep­ens and broadens or if it is yet another head fake. But the fact that we’re all ask­ing the same ques­tion yet again is very telling in itself. It is clear that AI tech­no­logy works. But the inter­net worked ...
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  ALLER AU CONTENU Mon compte Économie Entreprises Conso Entrepreneurs Vie professionnelle Bourse Médias Tech Emploi Immobilier Finances perso Publicité Accueil Économie Consommation La fréquentation de Shein et Temu en chute libre au troisième trimestre, plombée par la taxe sur les petits colis Par Coralie HAMON Publié le 06/11/2026 à 15h38 , mis à jour le 06/11/2026 à 17h19 SUIVRE Suivre Le Figaro sur : Google (ouvre un nouvel onglet) Google Discover (ouvre un nouvel onglet) Google News (ouvre un nouvel onglet) Sujets shein Temu Commerce en ligne Lire dans l’app Sauvegarder Copier le lien Temu est tombé de la 4e à la 9e place des sites marchands les plus visités en France au troisième trimestre. julien leiv / ADOBE STOCK Selon les chiffres de la Fédération du e-commerce et de la vente à distance (Fevad) et Médiamétrie, l’audience mensuelle de Shein a reculé de 34,6% et celle de Temu de 28,3% au troisième trimestre. Soit juste après l’entrée en vigueur de la taxe européenne de 3 ...
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